Originally Posted by Nitrah
A sleeved gun that was chopper lump to start is nothing like this and no more likely to fail

It is more likely to fail than a monobloc.

The problem isn’t the joining method, the problem is that they are joined at all. The guys that were building guns that had the barrels entirely hogged out of a solid lump of steel had the right idea.

https://www.longthorneguns.com/the-range/innovation/

Remember, Kirk Merrington considered relaying ribs to be regular maintenance.

Best,
Ted